Career Goal: Corporate Real Estate Krisi Swafford BUSN 121 In today’s environment, no matter the role that one plays there is one word that an individual cannot ignore in the corporate real estate world, and that word is change. The future of a corporate real estate professional will be shaped by change. The change will come in the form of the public role played, the co-curricular activities, and corporate social responsibilities. The superiors in the corporate real estate environment will always demand that professionals exercise the element of change. Change is what defines the future of the corporate real estate. The current situation and what is anticipated in the future is a shift from what has been witnessed in the past. The total value of the commercial real estate in the United States is growing beyond the $5 trillion mark (A.CRE, 2017). A huge chunk of the value belongs to large companies that are wholly owned. The companies do not directly deal with investment in real estate, but the real estate holdings that they own are an essential element of their core business. The demands of the business world will form an essential part of …show more content…
An individual client may have several needs as illustrated above, and an individual corporate real estate professional who is one dimensional may not solve the problems. The aspect of shifting from one problem to another is what change entails. As an individual, it is not for me to look at the corporate real estate without determining what the main characteristics that will make me successful in my work are. In any other real estate role, and the individual is rated on a personal basis, but in the corporate real estate, one is rated based on how best they can operate within a collaborative team environment (Sweeney,